Clothes-drier.



PATENTED JULY 2a, 1903.

R. sH LL. CLOTHES DRIER.

APBLIOATION FILED APR. 24, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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ROBERT SHULL, OF GUERNSEY, IOWA.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,622, dated July 28, 1903.-

Application filed April 24, 1903. Serial No. 154,172. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT SHULL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Guernsey, .in the county of Poweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvemen ts in Clothes-Racks and I do declare 1 sists in the provision of a bracket-shelf havshown in adjusted horizontal positions.

ing a series of right-angled staples fastened i about the marginal edge of the bracket and I j after fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in whichdrawings- Figure l is a perspective View of my improvedclothes-holder, some of the rods being Fig.

2 is a sectionalview showing inside elevation I the manner in which the rods are held; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the rods separated from the holder or bracket-shelf.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A'designates a bracketshelf secured to the plate B, which is adapted to be fastened to the wall, and arranged about the marginal edge of said shelf 'is a series'of right-angled-staples O, which are fixed tothe shelf and'project down in a circle which is parallel with the outline of the shelf.

D designate the rods or fingers, which have each an elongated slot E adjacent to their inner ends and at one side of the longitudinal center of the rod or finger. Each of said rods has a cut-away portion F, whereby the end of the rod is prevented from contacting with the under surface of the shelf A as the rod swings toward the board holding the shelf.

The horizontal portion of each staple is positioned a distance below the under face of the shelf equal to the width of the narrow portion E, intermediate the elongated slot in the rod and the adjacent parallel face of the rod, whereby when it is desired to adjust the rods in horizontal positions the upper face of the rod or finger when in a horizontal position will slide underneath and contact with the under face of the shelf. As the rod is pushed back underneath the shelf the upper edge of the slot will slide upon the horizontal portion of the staple, and the outer end of the slot coming in contact with the staple will limit'its inner throw and the rod will be ful crumed upon the staple with its inner end resting against the under edge of the shelf, thus forming a means of sustaining a considerable weight upon the free end of the rod or finger.

I am aware of its being common in the art to construct clothes-hangers in which rods or fingers are pivotally mounted and adapted to be throwninto horizontal positions to support clothes, and I make no claim for such construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clothes-rack comprising a bracket-shelf,

'a series of staples having their bracket-engaging ends horizontally. disposed and the outer portions bent in vertical planes, rods having elongated slots therein adjacent to the outer faces of said rods, and each designed to receive a staple, the outer face of each rod designed to engage the under surface of said shelf to hold the rod horizontal, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

ROBERT SIIULL. Witnesses:

O. M. LESKA, EMIL BURKE. 

